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Ponni AP

Scrum Master
Minneapolis,MN

Summary

Mission-focused Scrum Master with extensive experience coaching and mentoring highly skilled teams. Highly trained individual knowledgeable in web development technologies and considered talented leader. Certified Scrum Master with definitive leadership qualities and strong critical thinking and decision making skills.

Overview

2
2
Certifications
2
2
years of post-secondary education
14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Scrum Master

Cognizant Technology Solutions
Minneapolis, MN
01.2018 - Current
  • Led sprint reviews, daily scrums and planning meetings to realize full team engagement for 3 Scrum Teams.
  • Led 11 cross functional teams in development of 2 products for 4M Portfolio & established Agile practices.
  • Worked to provide continuous improvement for product development lifecycle, realizing 15% reduction in ambiguous acceptance criteria errors over 1 year period.
  • Produced Sprint Burn down, Epic & Release Burn down reports each Sprint/Release, updating customers and senior leaders on progress and roadblocks.
  • Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.

Scrum Master

Cognizant Technology Solutions
Minneapolis, MN
01.2016 - 12.2018
  • Operated under Scrum and Kanban frameworks to efficiently organize and carry out project tasks.
  • Managed minimum of 2 projects each year while maintaining adherence to budget, schedule and scope requirements.
  • Led 3 cross functional teams
  • Boosted team velocity by 12%
  • Worked to provide continuous improvement for product development lifecycle, realizing 15% reduction in errors.

Additional Scrum Experience

Cognizant Technology Solutions
Various
08.2007 - 12.2015
  • Introduced agile methodologies and effective development best practices to division to enhance product development.
  • Revised, modularized and updated old code bases to modern development standards, reducing operating costs and improving functionality.
  • Derived conceptual designs from business objectives to deliver software and applications according to specifications for usability, performance and functionality.
  • Achieved 20% success in automation by analyzing claim operations, data and system issues to identify discrepancies for troubleshooting and corrective action.

Education

Master of Science - Mathematics

Anna University
Chennai, India
04.2005 - 04.2007

Skills

    Customer interaction

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Software

JIRA/Confluence

HTML5/CSS3

JSON API

Java

Tableau Desktop

SQL

Work Availability

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Certification

Certified Scrum Master

Quote

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.
Michael Jordan

Timeline

Certified Scrum Master

08-2018

Senior Scrum Master

Cognizant Technology Solutions
01.2018 - Current

Scrum Master

Cognizant Technology Solutions
01.2016 - 12.2018

FLMi - Fellow Life Management Institute

07-2015

Additional Scrum Experience

Cognizant Technology Solutions
08.2007 - 12.2015

Master of Science - Mathematics

Anna University
04.2005 - 04.2007

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